When Saigon Surrendered Quotes

“When I got to the truck, the dream-woman, the nurse was lying on the seat. She was sobbing. Well, I felt like I'd had about enough excitement for one night.”
― James Aura, When Saigon Surrendered: A Kentucky Mystery

“We sat like store mannequins, not moving a muscle, following it with our eyes. I looked for something to kill it with, but there was nothing.
-Russell Ray Teague”
― James Aura, When Saigon Surrendered: A Kentucky Mystery

“You will curl your lip and want to spit. But I don't care. A man can carry something like this inside him for only so long. Then it's got to come out.”
― James Aura, When Saigon Surrendered: A Kentucky Mystery

“The crickets got quiet and the wind died down. It was so still, I felt like the world had stopped.

-Russell Ray Teague, When Saigon Surrendered:
a Kentucky Mystery”
― James Aura, When Saigon Surrendered: A Kentucky Mystery

“Grandma and I just sat there. We didn't say a word, but I knew what she was thinking.
Bobby Ray's dead and Saigon has surrendered. Just like that. Her only boy and my only Dad, out there in the ground behind Wesley Memorial Methodist Church.”
― James Aura, When Saigon Surrendered: A Kentucky Mystery

“She had a way about her that spoke of homemade bread, and caring for people, and the kind of patience that women have when they help a ewe birth a lamb, or stay up in the night with a baby calf bawling for its momma.”
― James Aura, When Saigon Surrendered: A Kentucky Mystery

“Rich folks get a paved road with flowers growing along the sides. Poor folks get a bumpy, rocky cow path with thorns and thistles that slow them down. That’s just how it is. Now I’m not complaining but we need to even out those roads, some, Russell Ray.”
- Opal Davis”
― James Aura, When Saigon Surrendered: A Kentucky Mystery

“I decided I would not sell this farm if the Devil himself promised me pretty girls, fame, or all the money in the world.”
― James Aura, When Saigon Surrendered: A Kentucky Mystery

“Russell, the gallant knight, with sureness of spirit and the smile of the gods, was carrying the woman who raised
him into the rainy night. I was Paladin, Tristan and King David.”
― James Aura, When Saigon Surrendered: A Kentucky Mystery

“War never ends: It sends shock waves down through the generations that follow. #MemorialDay
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― James Aura, When Saigon Surrendered: A Kentucky Mystery

“Here's the deal with women. You provide the food, shelter and money and she provides you with gratitude and sex. Isn’t that how it works?” -Tommy Gabbert”
― James Aura, When Saigon Surrendered: A Kentucky Mystery

“Bobby Ray's dead and Saigon has surrendered. Just like that. Her only boy and my only Dad, out there in the ground behind Wesley Memorial Methodist Church.”
― James Aura, When Saigon Surrendered